Chicago passes Rent in performances

[rjjn]

Chicago passes Rent in performances#1

Posted: 3/23/09 at 11:09pm

According to ibdb.com as of March 22, 2009:

Chicago - 5124 performances
Rent - 5123 performances

That was quick. Rent is slowly fading away into the past...

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[jpbran]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#2

Posted: 3/23/09 at 11:21pm

"Rent is slowly fading away into the past..."

Melodramatic much? :-0

[BrodyFosse123]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#2

Posted: 3/24/09 at 12:02am

Technically, its the REVIVAL of CHICAGO that passed RENT.

Bob Fosse's original 1975 Broadway production of CHICAGO only ran 2 years -- 936 performances.

Original 1975 Broadway production of CHICAGO:


1996 Broadway Revival of CHICAGO:

[TheCharleston]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#3

Posted: 3/24/09 at 12:05am

Good.

[rosscoe(au)]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#4

Posted: 3/24/09 at 2:36am

"Rent is slowly fading away into the past... "

Lets hope it stays there!

Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist. Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino. This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more. Tazber's: Reply to Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian

[PiraguaGuy2]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#5

Posted: 3/24/09 at 7:36am

Aw, come on. It's got annoying fans, but it's still a great show.

Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08

[songanddanceman2]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#6

Posted: 3/24/09 at 7:48am

I agree PiraguaGuy2, the Rent bashing on this board is so cliched, this is a great show what had a hell of a run, i very much doubt a show that had the kinda impact Rent did will fade anywhere.

Chicago is probably gonna be remembered for stunt casting and the movie

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

[rosscoe(au)]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#7

Posted: 3/24/09 at 8:35am

And Rent didn't stunt cast!

Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist. Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino. This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more. Tazber's: Reply to Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian

[songanddanceman2]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#8

Posted: 3/24/09 at 8:48am

Yeah of course it did, but not even close to what Chicago did, its become the thing the show is known for here in the UK and the US

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

[Mister Matt]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#9

Posted: 3/24/09 at 9:55am

And Rent didn't stunt cast!

Mel B.

I love Rent, but this happens to every show. C'est la vie.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[BrodyFosse123]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#10

Posted: 3/24/09 at 10:02am

RENT didn't do any stunt casting?

Think again...

Joey Fatone
Drew Lachey
Mel B (Scary Spice)
Frenchie Davis
Tamyra Gray

... I'm sure I missed a few others.

[TheCharleston]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#11

Posted: 3/24/09 at 10:22am

We must not forget that Songanddanceman is a fan of LEGALLY BLONDE and FLASH DANCE.

Just kiss your little favorite rock musical "bye bye"... adios!

[Fosse76]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#12

Posted: 3/24/09 at 10:48am

They opened the same year...it was ineveitable when RENT closed.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#13

Posted: 3/24/09 at 10:52am

Last time I saw CHICAGO it was creaky, labored, and boring. I hope it's picked up the slack.

Congrats to it.

[songanddanceman2]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#14

Posted: 3/24/09 at 12:03pm

Oh Charleston P**s Off, your more annoying than.....well everything humanly possible.
Your such a sad little queen who seems to take delight in making others miserable...or translation= has NO life, no friends, and no prospects, his best friend is his PC and his countless Broadway cast recording of many shows...oh and of course the fantasy that hes seen so many of the shows he comments on even though every single person on this board no that more truth came out of Comical Ali's mouth during the start of the war on terror in Afghanistan.

So i like Legally Blonde, so i said Flashdance is actually a pretty good show (again im not judging it of a few seconds of footage)....oh but wait, apparently you flew to the UK to watch that one didn't you.

Ive known of chronic illness that is less annoying than you.

Oh and as well as LB and Flashdance i also love Sunday, In The Heights, La Cage, Forum, Sweeney, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunset B and many many more, i just happen to be able to appreciate many different kind of musicals.

Oh and AGAIN Flashdance is all one word, if you are going to continuously insult someone because they like a show (you have never seen) then at least learn the name of the damn show.

And by the way i NEVER said Rent did not stunt cast, i said Chicago is famous for it...there is a difference.

Now what don't you run along and pull some heads of some dolls or something.

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#15

Posted: 3/24/09 at 12:05pm

Do you reallly want to start chastising people about the way things are properly spelled?

[songanddanceman2]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#16

Posted: 3/24/09 at 12:09pm

I again never said anything about proper spelling, i said he should know what the name of the show is. His spelling of it was right so that comment is null and void.

I know im a terrible speller, but this is not about that.
Im sick of every single post he replies to of mine he has to insult me, ive never said a damn thing to him. All this started because i said Flashdance was a pretty good show....he has never seen it.

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

[blaxx]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#16

Posted: 3/24/09 at 1:14pm

Chicago is probably gonna be remembered for stunt casting and the movie

You're a fool.

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

[TheCharleston]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#17

Posted: 3/24/09 at 1:59pm

Blaxx is right... you're a COMPLETE fool.

This isn't really about "Rent", this is about "Chicago". Why did you have to compare the two?

They're opposites.

Just accept that your cute rock musical about drugs and sex has been dead for a few months now and it is time to move on.

[boyfromoz2]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#18

Posted: 3/24/09 at 2:08pm

Wow ... Charleston. Do you have a pleasant bone in your body or is your entire existence on this board about posting obnoxious smart arse remarks, combined with putting other people down? Did your parents never tell you "if you don't have something pleasant to say, don't say anything at all"?

Oh and Flashdance (note the fact that its one word) really wasn't that bad. It's no masterpiece of the musical theatre, but its a harmless feel good night out at the theatre. Maybe before you diss someone for not liking it, you should actually see the show (live, not via a bootleg).

Go on, insult me ... I don't really care. Do your worst :) Updated On: 3/24/09 at 02:08 PM

[boyfromoz2]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#19

Posted: 3/24/09 at 2:11pm

PS ... snaps to SADM2 for the most accurate review of something I've ever heard on this board:

Your such a sad little queen who seems to take delight in making others miserable...or translation= has NO life, no friends, and no prospects, his best friend is his PC and his countless Broadway cast recording of many shows...oh and of course the fantasy that hes seen so many of the shows he comments on even though every single person on this board knows that more truth came out of Comical Ali's mouth during the start of the war on terror in Afghanistan.

Updated On: 3/24/09 at 02:11 PM

[winston89]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#20

Posted: 3/24/09 at 2:48pm

Also Charlie, Rent is a lot more then what you say it is. If you think that all Rent is about is sex and rock music then that just proves that your more of a moron then I thought.

"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear" Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll

[fellfromthesun]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#21

Posted: 3/24/09 at 2:56pm

It's really a shame that every thread on this board i go into to read always has some snarky comment from The Charleston.

So you don't like Rent? Fine, your not the first. But you just HAD to come into this thread about Chicago passing Rent in performances and say "Good". As if Chicago is some piece of brilliant, sophisticated theater. I think Chicago is quite mediocre, but i still have enough respect for theater in general to not make everyone else miserable because i disagree.

It's time to grow up and realize that being a "bully" on broadwayworld.com will not get you anywhere in life.

[CSonBroadway]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#22

Posted: 3/24/09 at 2:58pm

They are completely different shows...

Chicago is about scandal and JAZZ
And RENT is about AIDS and ROCK

I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&. "Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."

[blaxx]

re: Chicago passes Rent in performances#23

Posted: 3/24/09 at 3:14pm

As if Chicago is some piece of brilliant, sophisticated theater.

It is.

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE